The Annunciator Newsletter of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Anglican Patrimony Within the Catholic Commun- Ion

The Annunciator Newsletter of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Anglican Patrimony within the Catholic Commun- ion

Canadian Deanery of St John the Baptist Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter

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Vol. 17 No. 08–June 2015 **************************************************************************************** A Homily from the Funeral of AGNES HAYMAN (May 28, 2015) 2 Corinthians 4:6 – 5:10; Psalm 139; John 11:17-27

[Martha] said to [Jesus], “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.” Jn.11:27

From my earliest days, one thing that I remember being certain about was that God is real. That He’s not something to learn about—a proposition to consider or choose to believe or believe in—but someONE to come to know and to relate to day by day. The Gospel’s not a fantasy from a book of tale or teaching from long ago, but a truth—the Truth—which is of life & death importance, as relevant today as 2,000 yrs ago.

How was I certain? I saw it in my Mom. Prayer wasn’t just something you did Sundays at church, but rather part of everyday, every situation, because God was and IS with us always. I learned that faith is not just “spiritual speculation” but a flesh & blood matter.

Far too often, far too many of us live as though we imagined God–or the gods and/or goddesses, or what- ever—lived in some distant realm, unconcerned about us (if they’re there at all); and, whether or not we really believe, yet we occasionally do things to propitiate them (i.e. keep them happy). The idea is that at best they will bless us with good luck; but at least, if we keep them satisfied, they will do nothing to harm us, so we can get on with our lives, modestly happy by own devices.

In contrast, the Gospel tells us that we were made from the beginning by One who loved us into life— breathed life into vessels formed of the earth—created us for communion with Him: the fullness of life, eternal life—not just a place of reward, but LIFE with Him; but we’ve walked away—been led away; fallen away—and a shadow has fallen over us—a separation from His light & life, which the Church calls sin— and we’ve lost sight of our end, our purpose; of God.

The Good News is that the Light has been rekindled in human flesh—an earthen vessel, fashioned in the womb of a young woman named Mary—and brought forth into the world: the light of the knowledge of the glory of God[shining] in the face of [Jesus] Christ. That’s the humble vessel, who opened to us His Father’s heart, in His preaching, teaching & healing. That’s the vessel which was battered & broken upon the Cross by unfa- thomable suffering—there’s nothing we experience which He does not know, share, and take upon Himself there—as He gathered up to redeem all the suffering and brokenness of the world; and, overwhelmed by it all, to worldly eyes the Light was extinguished;…but in Truth The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome—comprehend—extinguish it.

He is risen from the dead! and the risen Christ poured out and continues to pour out His Light into earthen vessels, that they may shine as His lights in the world and on into eternity.

Sadly, many—most? all?—of us prove far too often to be pretty poor containers, giving more heat than light; ...... continued page 2…

(from p.1…) island once known as Ceylon. Nearly all those displaced dur- either too conscious of ourselves, so that people see us ing the conflict have been resettled. Since the end of the conflict, the government has enacted ambitious economic devel- and not the light; or too careless—inattentive— opment projects, many financed with loans from the Chinese regarding the state of our spiritual sloppiness, and government. other sins distract both ourselves and others from the Light. However, when our hearts and minds, eyes and wills are focused upon and filled with the One who is the Light, we do shine; we do show forth Christ. So, St. Paul wrote of a resiliency which re- sults, coming not of ourselves, but of the Treasure contained within: Jesus, shining in and through us.

In that light—His Light—everything we do, the suffering and the joy, the failures and the triumphs are set into the context of eternity, the Divine Plan of Re- demption; and the care for the least—the ungrateful as well as the meek—becomes an offering to the Fa- ther, a chance to shine His light and to grow closer to The persecution of Christians has escalated in recent years with the rise of militant Buddhist nationalist groups in Sri the One who is our Life. Lanka. More than 250 churches have been destroyed or dam- Now some may dismiss all of that as religious fool- aged in sectarian violence. Although the constitution guaran- ishness, unrealistic fantasy; but we’re all here because tees religious freedom while favouring Buddhism, minority Protestants have experienced violent persecution as well as we’ve seen that Light shining in and through the hum- discrimination in employment and education. Just over one ble—albeit flawed and imperfect—earthen vessel percent of the population is Evangelical Christian. For many which was Agnes Hayman, and we knew—we years the JHU party, which is controlled by Buddhist monks, know—in her that St. Paul’s words are true: has pushed for legislation making conversion from Buddhism We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, to Christianity illegal. While several bills have been intro- but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; duced, they have not passed court and legislative challenges. struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body Pray for protection for Christians as opposition confronts the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be them. manifested in our bodies. Pray for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka's civil war. Pray the gospel message will continue to spread and that No one, living or dead, has had a greater impact upon many will come to Christ. my faith and confidence in the Gospel of Jesus Christ (From the Voice of the Martyrs web site) than my Mom, who offered not just pious words, but  the Word , Jesus, at work in human flesh— NOTICES, NEWS & REMINDERS for incarnate—light of the glory of God shining; Treasure JUNE 2015 in an earthen vessel; …and for that I am eternally 1) Monday, June 8th @ 7:00 pm (Evensong 6:30) PAS- grateful. TORAL COUNCIL followed by FINANCIAL

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting COUNCIL away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. For this 2) NET Canada 20th Anniversary Gala is on CORPUS light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal CHRISTI, Thursday, June 4, 2015: 5:00pm Mass at weight of glory beyond all comparison, because we look not Notre Dame Cathedral 6:00pm Cocktail hour at Ottawa to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that Conference and Events Centre 7:00pm Dinner and Pro- gram featuring guest speaker Cardinal Raymond Burke. are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of 3) DIOCESAN FEAST DAY: Celebrate the foundation of God, he who is coming into the world.” the diocese and the 20th anniversary of the episcopal ordina-

Fr. Doug tion of Archbishop Prendergast at Notre Dame Cathedral,  Thurs., June 11, 7:30 p.m. The papal nuncio to Canada, PRAYERS FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi will offer the homily. Each parish Life in Restricted Nations representative family bringing a homemade congratulatory card to Archbishop Prendergast should meet in the Cathedral In that In May 2009, the government defeated the Tamil Hall downstairs by 7:00 p.m. Parishes to RSVP with family Tiger rebels, ending more than 25 years of civil war on the

2 name to Annmarie in Pastoral Services We must meet God! This is quite evident if we really ([email protected]); (613-738-5025 x217) by June 8. want to meet men. Meeting man individually and 4) ORDINATIONS TO THE PRESBYTERATE: Archbishop collectively in love based on the teachings of the Prendergast will ordain to the presbyterate Deacon Rick Lorenz Gospel of Christ, is the only fundamentally unifying and Deacon Gerard Plant on Fri., June 19, 7:30 p.m. at Notre force in this world. And it is we, the Christians, who Dame Cathedral. First Mass (Rev. Gerard Plant) at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Russell, Sun., June 21, 10:45 a.m. and must let this force loose, by witnessing to it. (Rev. Rick Lorenz) St. Martin de Porres, Sat., June 20, 11:00 To be a witness does not consist in engaging in a.m. All are welcome. propaganda leading to conversions, or stirring peo-

5) “Fire & Fusion” interdenominational renewal prayer ple up to adopt means of hatred and violence meeting: Thursday, June 18th at 11 am - 1pm St. Louis de against one another. It simply means to live in such Monfort Catholic Church, 749 Trojan Ave. a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist. SOME SERVICE NOTES: The External SOLEMNITY of CORPUS CHRISTI, This is the time. This is the hour when every Chris- th Sunday, June 7 Sung Mass 10:30 a.m. at St. George’s tian must reflect God. Be the icon of Christ… and see Catholic Church, Piccadilly Ave.; Followed by Solemn in every human being the reflection of Christ. Procession with the Blessed Sacrament to the Church of the Annunciation then back to St. George’s; Followed by We must live the Gospel. In order to do so, we must a POTLUCK LUNCH at St. George’s pray for faith, which is the cradle of charity and Anunciation: 4PM Solemn Evensong & Benediction hope! We must pray and ask God to make us realize

Thursday, June 11th is ST. BARNBAS, Apostle & Martyr: that He, the Triune God, lives within us, and that in Evensong 5:30, Mass 6:00 p.m. Him we can begin to make violence against the only FRIDAY, JUNE 12th THE SOLEMNITY of SACRED person a Christian can make violence against — HEART OF JESUS: Evensong 5:30, Mass 6:00 p.m. himself. For it is said that “heaven is taken by vio- Saturday, June 13th The Immaculate Heart of Mary: lence.” (Matt 11:12)

Mattins 8:30, Mass 9:00 a.m. To love God with one’s whole heart and to love Sunday, June 21st 3rd SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: one’s neighbour as we love ourselves, means also to Mattins 9:30, Sung Mass 10 a.m. love ourselves the way God wants us to. To follow Sung Evening Prayer with Sermon 7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th SOLEMNITY of the His words — “By this shall all men know that you NATIVITY of ST. JOHN the BAPTIST (Holy Day of are my disciples, that you love one another as I have Obligation in Canada) loved you,” means we must straighten the paths of Saturday, June 27th, St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & the Lord in ourselves so that He can come through. Doctor: LAST Saturday of the Month: Mattins 8:30, Then all men will know Him through us.

Healing Mass 9:00 a.m. To love our enemies is to approach everyone with MONDAY, JUNE 29th is SOLEMNITY of SS. PETER 7 deep tenderness, compassion, and understanding PAUL, APOSTLES Evensong 5:30, Mass 6:00 p.m. ______(which are the fruits of love). This includes the hu- Pope Francis' Prayer Intentions: JUNE 2015 man Church from the Pope down. It also means that - Universal: That immigrants and refugees may find wel- we do not break “structures,” we restore them to come and respect in the countries to which they come. their original and precedent purity. - Evangelization: That the personal encounter with Jesus may arouse in many young people the desire to offer their This is the time and the hour to “lay down your life own lives in priesthood or consecrated life.∙ for your brethren.”

 This is the time to realize the mystery of God touch- To Be A Witness by Catherine Doherty ing — enveloping, loving — the mystery of man; Slowly, slowly, quietly, like a tide coming in, we and to understand that in this mystery, which is the Christians are beginning to pray. Across America mystery of love, lies the answer to all our problems. and Canada people find time to enter into solitude, The understanding will be also mystical — mysteri- fasting and prayer, to be able to confront Christ. ous — and it will come to us through prayer, for the

For this confrontation is needed if we are going to Holy Spirit speaks to us constantly. So often we do change the social, political world that is swiftly roll- not listen to Him. Listening to Him is praying. Let us ing to the brink of disaster. begin. Adapted from Restoration, September 1972

3 Pass It On by Madonna House Publications is free to For five years, Dr. Abigail Rine has been teaching a course on re-publish under a Creative Commons Attribution- gender theory at George Fox University, an evangelical school in the Quaker tradition. At the beginning of the semester, she tells NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License shared with you about her students that “they are guaranteed to read something they our ministry. will find disagreeable, probably even offensive.”

 Writing at FirstThings.com recently, she related how five years THE COMPANIONS OF THE CROSS ago it was easy to find readings that challenged and even of- th On Sunday, May 10 , Fr. Scott McCaig CC enrolled Fr. fended the evangelical college students “considering the secular Doug Hayman & Fr. Kipling Cooper as Priest Associates bent of contemporary gender studies.” But today, things are of the Companions of the Cross. We’ve all been grateful different. “Students now,” she says, “arrive in my class thor- for the support and ministry of the Companions through- oughly versed in the language and categories of identity politics; they are reticent to disagree with anything for fear of seeming out the process of our entry into the Catholic Church, par- intolerant—except, of course, what they perceive to be intoler- ticularly that of Fr. Francis Donnelly CC, whom Archbp. ant.” And what do they find “intolerant”? Well, in her class, an Prendergast had appointed as our Mentor Priest. essay entitled “What is Marriage?” by Sherif Girgis, Robert George, and Ryan Anderson, which was the beginning of the book “What Is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense.”

In their article, Girgis, George, and Anderson defend what they call the conjugal view of marriage. “Marriage,” they write, “is the union of a man and a woman who make a permanent and exclu- sive commitment to each other … that is naturally fulfilled by bearing and rearing children together.” They defend this view against what they call the “revisionist view” of marriage, which redefines marriage to include, among other things, same-sex couples.

Fr. Bob Bedard CC, Fr. Scott McCaig CC, “My students hate it,” Dr. Rine wrote. They “lambaste the arti- Founder Current Moderator cle.” “They also,” she adds, “seem unable to fully understand the

The foundation of their ‘vision’ can be delineated as par- argument.” And again, these are evangelical students at an ticipation in the renewal of the Church through an effec- evangelical school. The only argument for conjugal marriage they’ve ever encountered has been the wooden proof-texting tive evangelization founded on looking to the Cross—the from the Bible. And besides, wrote Rine, “What the article names power and wisdom of God. Concretely this entails: (1) as a ‘revisionist’ idea of marriage—marriage as an emotional, trusting in the Lord and giving him permission to move as romantic, sexual bond between two people—does not seem he pleases; seeking his wisdom, his ‘now’ word, and wait- ‘new’ to my students at all, because this is the view of marriage ing upon it, with proper discernment, not making any ma- they were raised with, albeit with a scriptural, heterosexual gloss.” jor moves without it; (2) profound openness to the Holy Spirit, the power of God, and the various ministry gifts As Rine points out “the redefinition of marriage began decades through which the Church is empowered; a strong convic- ago” when “the link between sexuality and procreation was sev- tion that God desires to touch and inflame the lives of all ered in our cultural imagination.” And if marriage “has only an arbitrary relationship to reproduction,” then it seems mean- his people; (3) the renewal of the Church through the re- spirited to Rine’s students to argue that marriage by its very newal of the person. Personal conversion, discipleship, nature excludes same-sex couples. And where do students get empowerment, and ‘calling forth’ of individuals to minis- the idea that marriage “has only an arbitrary relationship to re- try comprise the chief strategy for renewal. Social and production”? Well, everywhere—television, church, school, their homes, in youth groups. institutional changes will flow more easily from a renewed people. Personal conversion is the necessary first step. Rine writes, “As I consider my own upbringing and the various ‘sex talks’ I encountered in evangelical church settings over the The components of this vision included: a fully Catholic past twenty years, I realize that the view of marital sex pre- spirituality imbued with an evangelical heart and Pente- sented there was primarily revisionist.” In other words, once costal fire; surrender to the Lordship of Jesus; adoration of you say, “I do,” you get “the gift” of sex which is presented as “a ‘gift’ largely due to its [erotic], unitive properties, rather than its the Blessed Sacrament; ministry gifts of the Holy Spirit; intrinsic capacity to create life.” Even in the Church, children evangelization; consecration to Jesus through Mary; fidel- have become an optional add-on to married life rather than its ity to the Magisterium; simplicity of lifestyle; some form primary purpose. of community; concern for the poor; ministry and hospital- What can we do to win back our children, our churches, and the ity to priests and seminarians. culture? In our recent book “Same Sex Marriage,” Sean McDow- ell and I lay out a game plan. We offer strategies for the short- Young Evangelicals in Crisis term and the long-term, with the ultimate goal: re-shaping the By: John Stonestreet BREAKPOINT: May 28, 2015 cultural imagination towards what God intended marriage to be,

What does the rising generation of young evangelicals think starting with the church. Come to BreakPoint.org to pick up your copy. about marriage? Here's the troubling truth.

4 As Chuck Colson once said in a BreakPoint commentary about children as possible are brought up by their father and marriage, “We Christians are very good at saying ‘No.’ But we’ve mother in the marital bond. After all, the state has no inter- got to get better at saying ‘Yes’: showing how God’s plan for est whatsoever in the romantic lives of its citizens as such. humanity is a blessing. That His ways, including faithful, life- But what about the fact that some married couples cannot giving marriage between one man and flourishing physically, have children? Does that show that marriage cannot really emotionally, and spiritually.” I couldn’t agree more. be a conjugal relationship, but does in the end boil down to  sexual-romantic companionship? From Marriage and Equal Protection by Robert P. George No. Our law, and the traditions of thought that have in- May 1st, 2015 The Witherspoon Institute formed and supported it, have always understood marriage [The States] have understood and defined i[marriage] as a as the type of relationship that would naturally be fulfilled relationship shaped by the needs of children for mothers by the spouses having and rearing children together. And and fathers, rather than as an institution whose purpose is sexually complementary spouses can enter into precisely to serve the interests or desires of adults by facilitating sex- that type of relationship even when one or both happen to ual-romantic companionship. Our laws,…reflect the judg- be infertile. ment that marriage is the conjugal union of spouses, rooted This understanding of the matter simultaneously and per- in the sexual-reproductive complementarity of male and fectly coherently holds two important truths: (1) the very female, which brings together a man and a woman as hus- idea of marriage is rooted in the male-female complemen- band and wife to be father and mother to any children born tarity that makes sexual reproduction possible, and (2) the of their union. As a social institution, it aims to secure for value of marriage cannot simply be reduced to its utility as children the inestimable blessing of being brought up in the a means to the end of having and properly rearing children. committed love—the marital bond—of the man and woman Men and women are so constituted that being in a mar- whose union brought them into being, and the related bene- riage—a sexually complementary relationship that, as such, fit of both maternal and paternal influences and care. is naturally ordered to procreation and that would be ful- This understanding of marriage as a conjugal union recog- filled by having and rearing children together—is valuable in nizes that not all married couples will have children, though itself, and not merely as a means to something else, even where most will. But it responds to the biological fact that every that something else is the great good of having and rearing chil- child will have a mother and a father, and recognizes the dren. psychological reality that children generally long to know  and be known by, and to love and be loved by, both their fathers and their mothers. And it is built upon the fact that Some photos from the Reception/Confirmation into the the social purpose of legally recognizing and supporting Catholic Church of Daniel Richardsen, Jonathan and Namcy marriage as an institution—the goal that gives the state any Randoy.. WELCOME brothers and sister! legitimate interest in marriage—is to ensure that as many

5 Calendar of Services for June 2015

Monday, June 1st (St. Justin Martyr) [RED] 7:00 AM Low Mass (no Mattins) Tuesday, June 2nd (Ss. Marcellinus & Peter) [RED] 8:30 AM Mattins/Low Mass Wednesday, June 3rd (St. Charles Lwanga & Companions) [RED] 8:30 AM Mattins/9:00 AM Low Mass Thursday, June 4th (CORPUS CHRISTI) [WHITE] 7:00 AM Low Mass (no Mattins) Friday, June (St. Boniface) [RED] 7:00 AM Low Mass Saturday, June 6th (St. Norbert) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [WHITE] 8:30 AM Mattins 9:00 AM Low Mass

SUNDAY, June 7th (The Solemnity of CORPUS CHRISTI) 10:30 a.m. Sung Mass [WHITE] JOINT SERVICE & EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION with ST. GEORGE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 4:00 p.m. Solemn Evensong and Benediction Monday, June 8th (Feria) [GREEN] 7:30 AM Mattins /8:00 AM Low Mass Tuesday, June 9th (St. Columba) [WHITE] 8:30 AM Mattins /9:00 AM Low Mass Wednesday, June 10th (Feria) [GREEN] 8:30 AM Mattins /9:00 AM Low Mass Thursday, June 11th (St. Barnabas) 4:45-5:15PM Sacrament of Reconciliation/5:30 PM Evensong [RED] 6:00 PM Low Mass FRIDAY, JUNE12th (Solemnity: 5:30 PM Evensong MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS) 6:00 PM Sung Mass [WHITE] Saturday, June 13th (Immaculate Heart of Mary) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [Marian WHITE/Blue] 8:30 AM Mattins 9:00 AM Low Mass

SUNDAY, June 14th (TRINITY II) 9:20 AM Mattins [GREEN] 10:00 AM Sung Mass Monday, June 15th (Feria) [GREEN] 7:30 AM Mattins/8:00 AM Low Mass Tuesday, June 16th (St. Richard of Chichester) [WHITE]8:30 AM Mattins/9:00 AM Low Mass Wednesday, June 17th (Feria) [GREEN]8:30 AM Mattins/9:00 AM Low Mass Thursday, June 18th (Feria) 4:45-5:15PM Sacrament of Reconciliation/5:30 PM Evensong [GREEN] 6:00 PM Low Mass Friday, June 19th (St. Romuald) [WHITE] 7:30 AM Mattins /8:00 AM Low Mass Saturday, June 20th (St. Alban) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [RED] 8:30 AM Mattins 9:00 AM Low Mass

SUNDAY, June 21st (TRINITY III) 9:20 AM Mattins [GREEN] 10:00 AM Sung Mass 7:00 PM EVENING PRAYER with SERMON Monday, June 22nd (Ss. John Fisher & Thomas More) [RED] 7:30 AM Mattins/8:00 AM Low Mass Tues., June 23rd (Ss. Hilda, Etheldreda, & Mildred & All Holy Nuns) [WHITE] 8:30 AM Mattins/9:00 AM Low Mass WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th (Solemnity: 4:45-5:15PM Sacrament of Reconciliation NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) 5:30 PM Evensong [WHITE] 6:00 PM Sung Mass Thursday, June 25th (Feria) 4:45-5:15PM Sacrament of Reconciliation/5:30 PM Evensong [GREEN] 6:00 PM Low Mass Friday, June 26th (Feria) [GREEN] 7:30 AM Mattins/8:00 AM Low Mass Saturday, June 27th (St. Cyril of Alexandria) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [WHITE] 9:00 AM Healing Mass (Hands laid on/Anointing)

SUNDAY, June 28th (TRINTY IV) 9:20 AM Mattins [RED] 10:00 AM Sung Mass w. Reception/Confirmation Monday, June 29th (SS. PETER & PAUL) [RED] 7:30 AM Mattins/8:00 AM Low Mass Tuesday, June 30th (1st Martyrs of the Church in Rome) [RED] 8:30 AM Mattins/9:00 AM Low Mass